Göran Grimvall

Thermophysical Properties of Materials

Contents

1. Bonding characteristics

2. Crystal defects

3. Elasticity, basic relations

4. What values do the elastic constants take?

5. Sound waves

6. The phonon spectrum

7. Thermal properties of harmonic lattice vibrations

8. Phonons in real crystals: anharmonic effects

9. Atomic vibrations in defect lattices

10. Thermodynamic properties of conduction electrons

11. Thermal properties of few-level systems and spin waves

12. Melting and liquids

13. Equation of state and thermal expansion: macroscopic relations

14. Thermal expansion: microscopic aspects

15. Electrical conductivity of metals and alloys

16. Thermal conductivity

17. Transport, elastic and thermal-expansion parameters of composite materials

18. Anisotropic and polycrystalline materials

19. Estimation and correlations